Exam 1 Flashcards
change over time
evolution
the study of the evolution of the body systems
comparative anatomy
irst teacher
Belons “Book of birds”
Agassiz
said that from a small part of an organism, the whole can be deduced
Georges Cuvier
who were we most closely related to?
chimps and bonobos
genes evolved at a particular rate so you can see when things are dated. ABle to figure out when and why things happened
Molecular Clock
correspondence in function or position between organs of dissimilar evolutionary origin or structure.
Analogy
same function, different origin
Analogy
correspondence in evolutionary origin
Homology
same origin, not necessarily the same function
Homology
two unrelated organisms evolving the same structure
ex/ bird and bat wings
Convergence
two sister species evolve same structure independently
-almost impossible to test
Parallelisms
change to a less derived state
ex/ development of the color bone in primates
reversals
evolutionary history
Phylogeny
expressed in a branching diagram
phylogenetic tree
group consisting of all decedents of the groups most recent common ancestor
monophyletic group
group consisting of the groups most recent common ancestor but not all decedents
-this is bad because it doesnt represent evolution
paraphyletic group
group consisting of two or more common ancestor nor all of its descendants
polyphyletic group
derived characteristic
Apomorphy
shared derived characteristic
Synapomorphy
primitive characteristic
Plesiomorphy
shared primitive characteristic
Symplesiomorphy
only useful character for building a tree
Synapomorphies
Occams Razor
The principle of parsimony
the simplest solution is the best solution
The principle of parsimony
relative position in rock layers
Stratigraphy
common fossils of known age
index fossils
ex/ tend to be mollusk
a complex set of methods using radioactive decay, quantum spin, of electrons ect
mass spectrometer
-allows you to count atoms that are still present and ones that decayed
complete, all embryo
holoblastic cleavage
sparse, evenly distributed
therian mammals, amphioxus
isolecithal eggs
moderate vegetal yolk disposition
-amphibians
Mesolecithal eggs
incomplete cleavage
meroblastic